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Kent Tate
Kent Tate at lava flows
Born
Rivers, Manitoba
Known forfilmmaker
Websitewww.kenttate.ca

Kent Tate is a Canadian artist and filmmaker living in British Columbia.[1] Tate is known for his single-channel video installation works.

Early life

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Tate was born in Rivers, Manitoba. He grew up in Germany until he moved with his family to Ottawa, Ontario.[2][3]

Exhibitions

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Tate has exhibited his films and art installations internationally in the UK, USA, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico and Korea since the early 1980s.[4]

In 1982, Jennifer Oille reviewed Tate's A.R.C. satellite installation in Toronto, the Museum of Post-Habitation, in Vanguard,[5] describing Tate's conversion of a soon to be abandoned dwelling into a museum.[5] The exhibition ended with Tate's performance, Ending All Occupation.[6]

In 1985, the Helen Pitt Gallery in Vancouver presented Tate's exhibition No Rest for the Restless.[7]

In 1986, he presented the installation The Chemical Chamber at the Western Front artist-run centre in Vancouver.[8] Archival material related to the exhibition is held in the Western Front Fonds at the University of British Columbia's Rare Books and Special Collections.[9]

In 1988, Tate exhibited The Stalker installation at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.[10][11]

In 2012, Tate exhibited Movies for a Pulsing Earth, a ten-year retrospective video/sculptural installation at the Art Gallery of Swift Current.[2][12]

In 2014 Tate's experimental film “The Sun comes out at Night” was an official selection in CURRENTS which is an annual citywide event produced by Parallel Studios in Santa Fe, USA.[13]

In 2016 Tate's video/sculptural installation “Movies for a Pulsing Earth toured to the Moose Jaw Museum and Gallery in Moose Jaw, Canada.[14][15]

In 2019, Curator Kim Houghtaling presented Tate's solo exhibition Peneplain at the Art Gallery of Swift Current in Saskatchewan, Canada[16][17][18] Tate's film Catalyst was showcased the same year in the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre and Vtape: Canadian Perspectives on Experimental Film and Video Art program at Kasseler Dokfest in Kasseler, Germany.[19]

In 2020 his film Catalyst was exhibited in The Time is Love exhibition TIME is Love Screening – 12th edition “Universal Feelings: Myths & Conjunction” curated by Kisito Assangni at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space in Dunedin, New Zealand.[20]

In 2021 Tate's film Furnace was an official selection in the Nature & Culture – International Poetry Film Festival presented by the Poetic Phonotheque in Copenhagen, Denmark.[21]

In 2022 the book “Kent Tate: Selected Films 2010 - 2022” with an essay by Julie Oakes was published.[22][23][24] Also in that year, The Korean Society of Media & Arts (KOSMA) invited Tate to present the World Premiere of “Radius” in the KOSMA International Exhibition 'Real is Unreal' which accompanied the 2022 Autumn Symposium “the reconstruction of a relationship” at the Pier Contemporary in Seoul, Korea.[25][26]

In 2023 Tate exhibited his video “Focal Point” in the KOSMA Spring International Invitational Exhibition <Floating City> on the Seoullo Media Canvas in Seoul, Korea.[27] Catalyst was screened in Live Soundtrack #69 at the Hypnos Theatre in Malmö, Sweden.[28] His film ARK was an official selection at the Dawson City International Short Film Festival.[29][30] Curator Jorge Cappelloni presented a retrospective selection of Tate's experimental films covering 2016-2022 which included Inventory (2016), Velocity and Utopia (2017), Catalyst and Rupture (2018), Cornucopia and Furnace (2019), Pressure & Release (2020), Spark (2021) and Radius (2022) at the Buenos Aires Provincial Museum of Contemporary art MAR - Mar del Plata, Argentina.[31][32]

Filmography

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  • Sensors 2019[33][34]
  • Carbon Sky 2019[34]
  • Furnace 2019[34]
  • Cornucopia 2019[34]
  • Rupture 2018[34]
  • Catalyst 2018[19][34]
  • Velocity 2017[35][34]
  • Utopia 2017[34]
  • Inventory 2016[34]
  • Isolated gestures 2014[36][37]
  • Prairie Grizzly Talks with Kent 2013[38]
  • "Radius" 2022[39][40]
  • "Recollection - Premonition" 2021[34]
  • "Pressure & Release" 2021[34]
  • "Prairie Grizzly's Peneplain" 2020[34]
  • "10th Frame" 2018 [34][41]
  • "No Rest for the Restless" 2017[34]
  • "Nautilus" 2016[34]
  • "Landing Sites" 2015[34]
  • "Focal Point" 2015[34]
  • "The Sun Comes out at Night" 2014[34]
  • "Transit - Destination" 2013[34]
  • "A Tree Gets in the Way" 2013[34]
  • "Sightings" 2013[34]
  • "Shadows from Magnets" 2012[34]
  • "Fire & Water" 2012[34]
  • "Air & Earth" 2011[34]
  • "Burning Farm House" 2010[34]
  • "Prairie Grizzly's Peneplain" 2020[34]
  • "Spark" 2021[34]
  • "Recollection - Premonition" 2021[34]
  • "Pressure & Release" 2021[34]
  • "Ark" 2023[42][40]

Awards

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Further reading

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  • Nye, Jeff (2012). The Hypnosis of Time. Kent Tate, Movies for a Pulsing Earth. Art Gallery of Swift Current catalogue. pp. 2–4 (pp. 1–6).
  • Miller, Marcus (2019) Beauty and Folly. Kent Tate, “PENEPLAIN” Art Gallery of Swift Current exhibition brochure. See PDF of brochure.
  • Sandra Staples (2023) “Interviewing Experimental Filmmaker Kent Tate” Splice Magazine - Spring 2023 Issue [44]
  • Marchand, Laureen (2012) Kent Tate: Movies for a Pulsing Earth, Galleries West Review[45]

References

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  1. ^ Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage (17 October 2012). "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
  2. ^ a b Dowson, Elisabeth (29 March 2012). "Tate's Movies for a Pulsing Earth offer compelling introspection at Gallery". Medicine Hat, Canada: Star News Publishing Inc. The Southwest Booster. p. A4. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ McNeil, Paul (5 March 2013). "Touring exhibit features work of Shaunavon artist". The Shaunavon Standard.
  4. ^ Alain-Martin Richard; Clive Robertson (Oct 1991). Performance In Canada, 1970-1990 (Book). Toronto, Canada: The Coach House Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-2920500044. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b Oille, Jennifer (March 1983). "Museum of Post-Habitation". Vanguard. 12 (2). Vancouver, Canada: 32. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. ^ Miroslav, Miki (December 1982). "Ending All Occupation". Parallelogramme. Vol. 8, no. 2. p. 29.
  7. ^ "Kent Tate: No Rest for the Restless". 23 August 2010.
  8. ^ "The Chemical Chamber - Western Front".
  9. ^ "Western Front Society Fonds: A finding aid to their records in the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections" (PDF). rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  10. ^ Oraf (30 December 1988). "Year in Review". Vol. Visual Arts. Vancouver, Canada: The Georgia Straight. p. 22.
  11. ^ Perry, Art (19 September 1988). "Stalk the Light". The Province. p. 43.
  12. ^ Gowan, Jesse (14 March 2012). "Tate exhibit exciting for Art Gallery of Swift Current". Prairie Post.
  13. ^ "CURRENTS NEW MEDIA 2014 - CURRENTS New Media". CURRENTS New Media - NEW MEDIA. 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  14. ^ "Around the Southwest › Maple Creek News".
  15. ^ "PAST".
  16. ^ "PENEPLAIN". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  17. ^ "Peneplain by Kent Tate | Art Gallery of Swift Current".
  18. ^ "Exhibition features filmmaker's view of the prairie's beauty and contrast".
  19. ^ a b "Catalyst" (PDF).
  20. ^ "TIME is Love Screening". blueoyster.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  21. ^ Yumpu.com. "Nature & Culture - International Poetry Film Festival 2021". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  22. ^ "Julie Oakes". www.julieoakes.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  23. ^ "KENT TATE: SELECTED FILMS 2010-2022". Kamloops Art Gallery. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  24. ^ "Kent Tate: Selected Films 2010 - 2022". CFMDC. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  25. ^ "2022 Fall International Invitation Exhibition_Exhibition Leaflet.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  26. ^ "Radius | Video Out - Vancouver, British Columbia". videoout.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  27. ^ 한국영상학회. "한국영상학회". www.kos-ma.org. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  28. ^ "Live Soundtrack / events / Live Soundtrack #69". livesoundtrack.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
  29. ^ "Dawson City International Short Film Festival > Program". www.dawsonfilmfest.com. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  30. ^ [1] Dawson City International Short Film Festival Brochure
  31. ^ "Ciclo Audiovisual Experimental 'Mirada Efímera' II en el Museo MAR" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  32. ^ "Domingo de música y cine en el Museo MAR". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  33. ^ "SENSORES (Sensors)". Festival Ecra.
  34. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Kent Tate | Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre".
  35. ^ a b "The Walthamstow International Film Festival 2019 Winners Announcement – E17 Films". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  36. ^ a b "Top film award goes to Saskatoon producer".
  37. ^ "Winnipeg Film Group : Isolated Gestures".
  38. ^ "Âkâm'askîhk ᐋᑳᒼ'ᐊᐢᑮ".
  39. ^ "Radius | Video Out - Vancouver, British Columbia".
  40. ^ a b "CFMDC: Kent Tate".
  41. ^ "10th Frame - VUCAVU".
  42. ^ "Dawson City International Short Film Festival > Program".
  43. ^ "Saskatchewan Arts Board 2014-2015 Annual Report" (PDF). Saskatchewan Arts Board 2014-2015 Annual Report: 18–19.
  44. ^ "Interviewing Experimental Filmmaker Kent Tate". SPLICE. 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  45. ^ Marchand, Laureen (2012-04-06). "Kent Tate: "Movies for a Pulsing Earth", Art Gallery of Swift Current, March 3 to April 29, 2012". Galleries West. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
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